German RE Investment Co. Accuses Website Of Defamation

Law360, New York (September 6, 2012, 3:49 PM EDT) -- Deutsche S&K Sachwerte AG and its founders have sued the operators of a website called Schmierlappen for libel and defamation in New Jersey state court, alleging the site posts numerous lies about the German real estate investment company.

In the suit filed on Aug. 23, Deutsche S&K and its co-founders Jonas Koeller and Stephan Schaefer of Germany, say the anonymous operators of the website have launched a smear campaign against their business of investing customer funds in real estate investment companies in Germany and the U.S....